-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A British football fan has been shot and wounded in Kyrgyzstan after a local became upset with a group of supporters chanting in a bar .

England fans celebrate following victory against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup finals .

The incident took place ahead of England 's World Cup qualifying match away to neighboring Kazakhstan on Saturday .

A British Foreign Office spokeswoman said the attack took place in a bar in Bishek on Tuesday .

`` The British honorary consul is liaising with those involved and with the local authorities , '' she said .

Britain 's Sun newspaper reported on Thursday that the local in the bar told the England fan and his friends to stop chanting , and shot him in the thigh with a pistol when they continued .

The wounded man is aged in his 30s and is from Rochdale in the north-western county of Lancashire , the paper said .

Kyrgyzstan , with a population of more than five million people , is a landlocked nation bordered to the north by Kazakhstan .

England will be seeking to maintain a 100 per cent record in the European Group Six qualifier in Almaty , having won all five games so far to be five points ahead of second-placed Croatia .

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England supporter shot in the leg in a bar in Kyrgyzstan by an angry local

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The local was upset by the chanting of the man and his fellow supporters

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The British Foreign Office says the attack took place in Bishek on Tuesday

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England will play neighboring Kazakhstan in World Cup qualifier on Saturday